Hmm..not sure what happened there. But no worries. I just sent you the email.

Hahaha….that is awesome. Yup. Can’t say I miss the Kimchi, but I do miss the bulgogi and friendship.

I can completely relate. I remember reading The Little Prince and how he remarks on adults liking numbers as something that sort of limits imagination… Although I love the book (read and cried over it about 3 times and get his point on the numbers), I believe numbers hold a lot of beauty in them aside from all the practicalities. Maths is basically behind the whole universe!

Your comment on writing your emails reminded me of this accurate animation: https://youtu.be/qXlgOX95Q0U

(PS. I’ve spent a year in SK, too – I miss kimchi so much!)

Thanks Suzana….you’ve seriously made my day. There are two fun facts you should know:
1. When I started, I was told repeatedly that authors don’t care about numbers and this will fail…don’t try to be better…be different.
2. I get SOOO nervous every time I write an email. With over 15k people on the email list, I imagine that I am giving a speech to 15k person theatre…this makes it so I spend hours on the email each time. Because who wants to be boo’ed off stage. Very nerve wrecking though.

Hi Robert. Thanks and glad you’re enjoying it.

Hi Regina. Thanks! I won’t deny that there is more competition on Kindle than there was in the past. In 2011 there were only 500k. Now there are 4.7 million. But with that said, it doesn’t mean that discoverability through Amazon itself is a dead art. It just means that we must be a little wiser if we are depending on that particular tactic to be “found.” Hopefully with data like above, authors can start to see the fuller picture.